Eucalyptus, Blue Gum Essential Oil
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Oil Properties:
Scent:
Medicinal, pungent,
fresh
Odor Intensity: Extremely High
Evaporation Rate:
Top Note
Color:
Colorless to very pale
yellow
SAFETY: Do not use eucalyptus during an asthma attack. Avoid in pregnancy. Possible irritant to sensitive skin or in strong dilution. Do Not continue use for more than a few days at one time. Toxic when taken internally.
Uses:
Eucalyptus oil is very helpful when used on headaches, fevers, on the respiratory tract, muscular aches and pains and in skin care. It has a soothing and calming effect on the whole body and helps with the immune system.
Eucalyptus essential oil, or its main component eucalyptol, is a mild analgesic it used to relieve muscular and skeletal pain. It is used in many drugstore products as a liniment for sore muscles.
Eucalyptus essential oil is especially valuable for conditions afflicting the respiratory system. It is used in vapor rubs for lung and sinus congestion. in skin blemishes / oily complexion lotions and creams, and in shampoo for oily hair. Many people use either eucalyptus leaves or the essential oil in steam baths and saunas by placing a few drops on the hot rocks so that the scent fills the room. Eucalyptus is also one of the strongest essential oils to fight viral infections like flu, herpes, blisters, chicken pox and helps boost the body's immune system.
Eucalyptus has a cooling and deodorizing effect on the body, helping with fevers, migraine and malaria.
Eucalyptus oil can be used neat on the skin for insect bites or wounds, but care should be taken when doing so.
For the respiratory tract, it helps with coughs, asthma, throat infections, sinusitis and catarrhal conditions. It soothes inflammation and eases mucus, clearing the head from the stuffiness of colds and hay fever.
Origin of Eucalyptus Essential Oil oil:
The Australian Blue-gum can sometimes reaches a height of 100 meters (300 feet), making it one of the highest trees in the world.
There are over 500 species of Eucalyptus trees and they have blue-green long, narrow, tough leaves, creamy white flowers and smooth pale bark.
The 'eu' and 'kalypto' means 'well' and 'covered' in Greek, referring to the cup-like membrane that covers the flower bud and is thrown off as the flower expands.
The Australian Aborigines calls the Eucalyptus 'kino'. One of their uses for it was to cover serious wounds with the leaves. Eucalyptus was introduced to Europe in 1788, and the first oil exported to England was called 'Sydney peppermint'. It was extracted from Eucalyptus peperita which is a more industrial type of oil.
Extraction:
Steam distilled from leaves
Chemical composition:
Camphene, Citronellal, Fenchene, Phellandrene and Cineole.
BLENDS WELL WITH:
Benzoin, bergamot, camphor, lavender, lemon, pine, rosemary, tea tree